Burl Ives - This is all I ask      As I approach the prime of my life   I find I have the time of my life   Learning to enjoy at my leisure   All the simple pleasures   And so I happily concede   That this is all I ask   This is all I need      Beautiful girls, walk a little slower when you walk by me   Lingering sunsets, stay a little longer with the lonely sea   Children everywhere, when you shoot at bad men, shoot at me   Take me to that strange, enchanted land grown-ups seldom understand      Wandering rainbows, leave a bit of color for my heart to own   Stars in the sky, make my wish come true before the night has flown   And let the music play as long as there's a song to sing   And I will stay younger than Spring         Transcribed by Robin Hood      These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above   and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet   music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.